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TURBINE WATER WHEEL.

Patented Aug. 8,.1882.

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PATENT OFFICE.

RANSOM H. ARMSTRONG, OF HUDSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTH TOLEVI R. PEIRSON, OF SAME PLACE.

TURBINE WATER-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,342, dated August8, 1882.

Application filed May 15, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that LRANsoM H. A RMsrRoNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hudson, in the county otl Lenawee and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TurbineVaterNVheels, of which the following is a specification, rel'erencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to water-wheels, and in the construction andarrangement of its several parts, as will be hereinafter fully setforth, and pointed out in the claims.

-In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, Fig. 2 a longitudinalsection, Fig. 3a top-plan view of the interior parts, and Fig. et is avertical cross-section, of my wheel.

A is a circular base or band of the waterwheel, around the top ot whichis secured a rectangular cap or plate, a. Out in the plate is an annularrecess, through which the water iiows into the wheel below, and in itare set inclined plates a', as shown, which direct the water onto theplates ofthe wheel.

B is the cap. It tits upon the top of the plate a, and is provided witha water-space, b, and entrance-chutes b', arranged upon opposite sidesof the cap, as shown. It is also provided with a central projection, b2,through which runs the wheel-shaft.

Across each ot' the chutes b' are arranged water gates or valves C. Theyare semi-cylindrical in form, except where journaled in the sides otIthe chutes, at which point they are made cylindrical to give steadinessof movement and strength. They have journal-pins cone of which on eachgate projects from the side of the cap B, and have attached to them thelevers c.

Secured centrally7 to the side ot' the cap from which the journal-pinsproject is a vertical standard, D, and projecting vertically from itstop is a guide-plate, d.

E is the gate or valve rod. It is made preferably at, and slides uponthe standard I) and guide-plate, being secured thereto by the pins d',which pass through slots e in the rod, as shown. The lower end of therod is provided with a horizontal slot, e,which receives the ends ofthelevers o', they being provided with pins c2, adapted to enter said slotsand slide therein, as shown. The upper end of the rod E is provided witha handle, e2, by which it is operated.

(No model.)

F is the water-wheel, and revolves with the barrel A. It is of ordinaryconstruction, and is provided with a shaft,f, which projects verticallythrough the cap B, as shown. The lower portion ofthe wheel isjournaledin the base G, which is attached to thelower portion ofthe band A bycleats g,a suitable space remaining between them for the escape 'of thewater.

In the operation ot" the gates C it will be seen that when the gate-rodFis drawn upwardly the ends ot' the levers c' will be drawn upwardly,causing the gates to open and allow the water to enter the waterspace b.Then the valve-rod is depressed the ends of the levers c will be carrieddownwardly, causing the gates O to revolve and close the chutes b. Theouter edges ot' the gate are sharpened, so that any obstructions to thecomplete closing of the gates will be ont in two.

'lhe advantages ot' these gates and their mode of operation are thatfriction will be lessened and ease of operation besecured by reason ot'the powerful leverage secured by this arrangement.

What I claim is- 1. In a water-wheel, the gates O, havingsemi-cylindrical ends journaled in the sides of the cap B by thepivot-pins c, one end ot' which extends beyond the cap, and has securedthereto the levers c', adapted to enter the slot e of the valverod E,substantially' as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination ot the gates C, journaled in the cap B, and providedwith levers c', having pins c2, with the valve-rod E, sliding upon thestandard D and guide-plate d, and provided with a slot, e', adapted toreceive the pins o2 of the levers c', substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. In a water-wheel, the valve-rod E, in combination with the cap B, itsstandard D, guideplate d, pins d', the gate C, levers c', and pins c,al1 arranged to operate substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereot'I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RANSOM H. ARMSTRONG.

Witnesses ROBERT P. Woon, LEVI R. PEIRsoN.

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